CPT code 95711: Video EEG, 2–12 hours, unmonitored2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 95711 covers

This code covers a 2–12-hour EEG recording in which synchronized video helps correlate brain-wave activity with a patient’s behavior or physical events. EEG technologists or an EEG service typically arrange the recording in a hospital, outpatient, or ambulatory setting when clinicians are evaluating suspected seizures, epilepsy, or unexplained spells. The recording proceeds without real-time technologist surveillance; it is distinct from intermittent or continuous monitored recording.

The code represents the technical recording service, not the physician or qualified health care professional’s interpretation. For video EEG interpretation in the same 2–12-hour range, code 95718 is the related professional service. Medicare assigns 95711 physician fee schedule status C, or carrier priced: CMS publishes no national payment amount, and the Medicare Administrative Contractor sets payment for each claim. Report the code for the applicable 2–12-hour recording period.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

Where 95711 pays more and less

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

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95711 rates by state

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How the 95711 rate is calculated

Each of 95711’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 95711

95711 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.

95711 compared with similar codes

How to choose

95705EEG recordingUnmonitored, 2–12 hours

Both describe unmonitored EEG recording for 2–12 hours. Choose 95711 when synchronized video is part of the recording; 95705 is without video.

95712Video EEGIntermittent, 2-12 hours

Both include video and cover 2–12 hours. Code 95712 is for intermittent technologist monitoring, while 95711 is for recording without real-time technologist monitoring.

95713Video EEG monitoringContinuous, 2–12 hours

Both include video and cover 2–12 hours. Code 95713 is for continuous technologist monitoring; 95711 is unmonitored.

95718Video EEG interpretation2–12 hours

Code 95711 represents the technical recording service. Code 95718 represents professional interpretation of video EEG in the same duration range.

Codes related to 95711

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

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